The U.N. Security Council on Saturday unanimously imposed sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and ballistic missiles, in a move aimed at getting Tehran to halt uranium enrichment work.

Anyway I guess some others are right... at least we're a step closer to the eventual ultimate failure of the diplomacy route.

I think letting the Euro's deal with Iran was done because we have always known Iran was not going to back down and we are already convinced there will be war at some point. The Euro's however thought diplomacy would work, and instead of having them argue with us trying to 'persuade' us to talk, we figured it'd be better to let them talk to Iran and learn for themselves just how useless it is (especially when the 'US Boogyman' is removed from the equation).

Point is, another step down that road I guess... we'll see where it goes.

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posted on 12/23/2006 9:17:25 AM PST
by FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)

Why by golly that'll teach em- Oh the inhumanity of such brutal sanctions- I'm surprised the U.N didn't offer a couple of billion to them to offset the aweful conditions of the sanctions! http://sacredscoop.com

"Today we are placing Iran in the small category of states under Security Council sanctions," acting U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff told the council before the 15-0 vote - which included a yes vote by Qatar.

"We will not hesitate to return to this body to seek further action should Iran fail to comply," Wolff added.

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posted on 12/23/2006 9:50:22 AM PST
by FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)

How will Iran survive the onslaught of harsh words? Will Iranian officials be safe from paper cuts? Can Iran afford to buy off enough third-world UN officials to render these 99% useless sanctions instead fully 100% useless? Most importantly, can they afford George Galloway's "charity" fees?

I hope the Mullah's don't hurt themselves from laughing too hard either. It seems to be a common ailment when faced with the awesome power represented by UN sanctions. The loss of 3% of Segway imports has been known to cause even the most smelly jihadis to suffer these bouts of lunatic laughter in the face of utmost peril.

I'm not sure anyone can take them out from the air. Iran has buried these facilities under mountains. Seems an invasion would be needed to ensure they are destroyed in any event. Iran learned a lesson after the Israelis took out their reactor in the 1980s.

If a "President Kerry" had obtains these UN sanctions on Iran, the news media would be filled 24/7 with non-stop praise for his "amazing global diplomacy."

When President Bush achieves these sanctions, the news media downplays them, then turns around and complains that GWB is a war monger who shoots first and asks questions later.

...it's a bit like how the news media would respond if Karl Rove stole and destroyed classified military documents from the National Archives, versus how the news media treats Sandy Berger for stealing and destroying classified military documents from the National Archives.

It's one heckofa double standard.

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posted on 12/23/2006 12:45:23 PM PST
by Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)

Just remember; these are the steps the world said we 'never' went through with for Iraq...even though we did 16 or so times. We have to at least set the foundation for action against Iran...and if that means sanctioning them now, so be it.

Iran's nuclear facilities/sites can be rendered useless by bombing. At the same time we should bomb their oil piplines and oil wells to completely destroy Iran's primary source of money. This would bring Iran to its economic knees, and internal regime change would eventually follow.

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